Category Archives: Exhibition

After a successful exhibition attracting more than 60,000 visitors, Margiela, the Hermès years will travel to Paris to show at Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD), the prestigious fashion museum housed in the Louvre. Kaat Debo, director MoMu Antwerp: “We are excited to collaborate with one of the most renowned fashion museums in the world. In the spring […]

MoMu supports the first edition of the Belgian Fashion Awards, an initiative by Flanders DC / for Fashion, MAD, Knack Weekend and Le Vif Weekend. This year’s Award for “Emerging Talent of the Year” went to FAÇON JACMIN; a young label from Brussels and Paris with a unique collection of fluid garments, almost entirely made […]

Each year MoMu awards a prize to one of the graduating Master students of the Antwerp Fashion Department who will showcase their designs at the MoMu Gallery. The recipient of this year’s MoMu Award is Sanan Gasanov presenting his collection GRAND_MA – GRANDMA. The silhouettes on display show both Gasanov’s admiration for the Grand Masters […]

For Olivier Theyskens – She walks in beauty, MoMu joined forces with Glenn Sestig Architects who conceptualized the set design from scratch. Bernard Tournemenne from the Glenn Sestig team has been involved with Olivier Theyskens’ catwalk shows since 1997, so the exhibition is a beautiful celebration of the twenty years of collaboration between Olivier Theyskens […]

With the opening of our Olivier Theyskens – She walks in beauty expo right around the corner, our MoMu team is now busy dressing all the mannequins and placing them in right spot in the exhibition. The mannequins, however, are given something extra: wigs. Gino Beeckman, hair and make-up artist, has an immense archive of […]

Antwerp Pride, Antwerp Queer Arts Festival and MoMu join forces for their first collaboration on the patio of MoMu. From 8th August until 20th August 2017, you can enjoy a series of images of the Antwerp Pride throughout the years and four fashion images around gender by Belgian designers! The variety of participants, diversity of gender roles […]

60 SECONDS ON THE EXPO – This week MoMu director Kaat Debo will tell you more about the vareuse, a garment with a very deep V-neck. The vareuse was one of the most important basic pieces in Margiela’s collection for Hermès #momuantwerp #hermes #mmm Een bericht gedeeld door MoMu – Fashion Museum Antwerp (@momuantwerp) op […]

60 SECONDS ON THE EXPO – This week MoMu director Kaat Debo will tell you more about Margiela’s design philosophy and vision. For Hermès, Margiela developed a vision in which the woman is central, not an ideal image of eternal youth, but a real, natural and mature woman. 60 SECONDS ON THE EXPO – This […]

Margiela created numerous iconic pieces including the infamous sock sweater constructed from military issued socks that reflected his fascination with deconstruction but also celebrates wartime knitting as the ultimate DIY clothing project. A step-by-step guide to making your own Margiela sock sweater was also featured in A Magazine curated by Maison Martin Margiela in June […]

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This blog features posts from the various departments at the MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp who share their insights on the Museum's working, exhibitions and projects. We invite you to share your comments and questions.